Drag0nDan

2yr 7.3M in 2018. Didn't try to extend and buyout the remaining RFA years. So that left him with 2 years of control after the contract he signed with JB.

Theyve been doing that forever. Rivet, pominville, ott, gionta. I'd make it a point to bring back mccabe if i move eichel. He and Okposo seem to have some sway on the locker room, and both wore the A this season.

Doesn't reino have to have an appetite for a long-term deal? JB's failure to bridge rein is really the mistake here.

Scheif has a M-NTC. So you have to assume that's out. Why would he leave a playoff team to play 3 years and decrease his value?

If we're moving jack, i expose risto in the expansion draft. I'm just going to get bad salary back in any trade for assets anyway, and I'd rather keep a borgen around at this point.

I think the thing that bothers me the most - is bringing in all these vets (eakin, sheahan, rieder, irwin) - just to keep asplund, ruots, mitts, borgen and tage's buried in some capacity. It's like they don't know who they want to be. You don't sign a bunch of vets, you keep the valuable ones around. The team needs to put a big priority on goaltending this year. UPL is either the starter (not wise), or he's in the minors. He's not going to get better starting once a week so either you roll with him or you sign 2 new ones.

Wild could send Dumba (probably can't protect him), hartman (wouldn't be able to protect him and Jack), Rossi or Boldy, and picks.

The more rigid Jack is with the NMC, the more games he's going to have to suit up for buffalo.

Yeah. Sam seemed sadder at his press conference, but i still feel like he's the more professional of the two and would just play out the string.

Aint getting a ton for risto unless you take on a bad contract - like james neal or something. Then you can get something back. I just assume with every NMC, NTC, M-NTC that buffalo is on the no list so you have to find overpaid players who don't have those.

Yeah, whoever you think has a better chance of being a stud. Miller has the longer term as well. Dahlin miller bryson/samuelsson. At this point bring up Laaksonen on the right.

3 years 20 million vs 5 years 50 million and a NMC. And i'm not sure eichel is much better honestly. Also Scheifele has a M-NTC.

yeah, i don't think its been cleaned since then.

I think the issue is he might be healthy if he just does his rehab.

Yep. I'd probably take miller to go with strome and georgiev, tack on whatever picks to make it more palatable. Gives you a goalie for a few seasons, center stop-gap, and miller who looked like a pretty good defenseman who slots in behind dahlin on the left. I don't think the team is "better", but at least they'd have a goalie (who gets a chance to start more), a center who can kill penalties and play power play, and a high end prospect who looks to be a solid player.

At this point they need to upgrade facilities. Make this a place where hockey players come to want to play hockey. Same goes for fans, the stadiums a dump. It's dark, dirty, ugly, cold and sad. I got my vaccine there and i just felt like, there is nothing exciting about this place.

Herniated discs don't always require surgery. The team doctor made a recommendation to not do it and just rehab it.

Yeah - I don't expect to see the top prospect in a system. It's a player (or 2 to make dollars work), a high end prospect, and picks. Something more like Strome, Georgiev, Chytil/Miller, and picks. They'll want to keep zibanejad. And the no-gos are likely fox, kaako, lafreniere, and shesterkin.

I think part of the problem is while they definitely haven't been the "cheapest" owners, they have eaten so much money on coach/GM contracts by overpaying and firing people.

I'm at the point now where I'm not sure he's a top 5 center. Just listing out names, and i know Eichel can pop with great plays with the best of them, but I'm not sure he makes the team better than any of these guys would. Mcdavid Crosby Matthews Scheifele Barkov Draisatil Aho O'reilly Bergeron I gotta look out for jack eichel. Without mentioning fans or the team much at all.

It's usually a player, a young player/prospect (not a top one) and picks. Eichel being who he is might get u a higher tier prospect Like Dumba, Boldy, and picks.

When they can't make payroll and file bankruptcy.

Sure - it was also possibly treatable with rehabilitation.

I watched it. He looked sluggish and out of shape. Was this the same injury? I have no idea because hockeys kind of stupid with injuries.

You can look at it from the spectrum of other players and how they would have handled it as well. Many would want to play through an injury, lead their guys on the ice during a coaching transition. Eichel wanted to make sure he was good to go for 2021 season, because deep down he hopes its for someone else.